Recent Discoveries | Graduate School of Medicine / Faculty of Medicine, The University of Osaka

It’s in our genome: Uncovering clues to longevity from human genetics

Saori Sakaue, Masahiro Kanai, Yukinori Okada ≪Statistical Genetics≫
Nature Medicine

Huntington’s disease-causing DNA repeat mutations reversed in the lab ~International team identifies compound that could slow Huntington’s disease onset and progression in humans~

Masayuki Nakamori, Hideki Mochizuki≪Neurology≫
Journal of Nature Genetics

A new approach to calm that angry nose

Masayuki Nishide, Takeshi Tsuda, Hidenori Inohara, Atsushi Kumanogoh ≪Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery≫
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Key to beating colorectal cancer hiding in plain sight?

Kenji Ohshima, Eiichi Morii≪Histopathology≫
Journal of Nature Metabolism

Genomic cut and paste using a Class 1 CRISPR system

Tomoji Mashimo ≪Laboratory Animal Science≫
Nature Communications

Researchers split the “AtoM” in search of a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis

Tetsuo Hasegawa, Masaru Ishii ≪Immunology and Cell Biology≫
Nature Immunology

When your microbiome and your genome aren’t a good combination

Toshihiro Kishikawa,Yukinori Okada ≪Statistical Genetics≫
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Methylation of microRNA may be a new powerful biomarker for cancer

Masamitsu Konno, Hideshi Ishii, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Masaki Mori, Yuichiro Doki, ≪Frontier Science for Cancer and Chemotherapy, Medical Date Science, Gastroenterological Surgery≫
Nature Communications

Breast cancer gene a potential target for childhood liver cancer treatment

Shinji Matsumoto, Akira Kikuchi ≪Molecular Biology and Biochemistry≫
Nature Communications

Immunotherapy and Diabetes: A Game of Hide and Seek?

Sho Yoneda, Junji Kozawa, Iichiro Shimomura ≪Metabolic Medicine≫
Diabetes Care